DENMARK
Academy for Migration
Studies in Denmark
Center for Minority Studies (Copenhagen)
The Danish Centre for
Ethnicity and Migration Research
The Danish Centre for Human Rights
Danish Refugee Council
Department of Social
Sciences (Roskilde)
Faculty of Law, University of
Copenhagen
Institut for Grænseregionsforskning
International
Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims –IRCT
Socialforskningsinstituttet
ACADEMY
FOR MIGRATION STUDIES IN DENMARK
A new Danish centre for migration
studies, the Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark, as of January 1st 2001,
and for a period of five years. Aalborg University is the host institution. From
Aalborg University a series of research environments are involved: Department of
Sociology, Social Studies and Organization, Department of Economics, Politics
and Public Administration, as well as SPIRIT (School for Postgraduate
Interdisciplinary Research on Interculturalism and Transnationality) and
Institute for History and International Studies. The Consortium further includes
The Aarhus School of Business--CIM (Centre for Research in Social Integration
and Marginalization), Aarhus University--Department of Political Science, The
Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) and the Institute of Local
Government Studies (AKF).
Fifteen research projects,
comprising about 25 researchers on all levels, are to be launched within five
research areas. (1) causes, forms of organizations, and consequences of mobility
and migration in the context of globalization and Europeanization, and
international migration regimes; (2) the reception of immigrants, the politics
of integration and acculturation, conditions for citizenship, and political
participation; (3) issues related to the labour market, ethnic business,
educational resources and social conditions (e.g. residential); (4) issues
related to public debates and the media, mutual stereotyping, cultural
encounters and forms of representation of Self and Other; and (5) the politics
of identity, cultural strategies, ethnic networking and transnational
citizenship.
The primary objectives of the
Academy are to promote research on migratory issues in order to better
understand and cope with social, cultural and political problems of integration,
exclusion and co-citizenship, and to provide an informed knowledge base for
political decisions, public debates and popular perceptions of migrants and
immigration. Furthermore, the Consortium aims to create a high quality research
training and graduate curricula in migration issues and to forge diversified set
of channels for disseminating and mediating research on migration issues to
different target audiences, nationally and well as internationally.
The Center works on both theoretical and methodological issues in minority research: ‘Minority issues in the former Soviet Union’ (for example, state policies and minority rights in the Baltic and the Caucasus Regions), ‘Indigenous peoples and their rights in Scandinavia’.
THE DANISH CENTRE FOR
ETHNICITY AND MIGRATION RESEARCH
South Jutland University Centre
Niels Bohrs Vej 9, DK-6700 Esbjerg
Tel.: ++45 79 141142
Fax: ++45 79 141199
This centre was recently established at the South Jutland University Centre in Esbjerg. It is financed by the Danish Ministry of Research and aims at co-ordinating research on ethnicity, ethnic relations and migration at a national and international level. The main research themes are: the consequences of integration for Danish society and on immigrants and refugees, including research on how to prevent ethnic and religious conflict and to ensure ethnic equality in the labour market, in education, in political and in social life.
Research on relations between Denmark and the countries of emigration will also deal with the root causes of migration.
THE DANISH CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
In May 1987 the Danish Parliament passed the bill establishing the Danish Centre for Human Rights to promote research, education/information and documentation in the field of human rights. The composition of the governing bodies of the Centre is aimed at securing the Centre’s independence and ensuring a wide representation of relevant human rights bodies.
Although human rights are often viewed primarily as a set of international legal norms, they also reflect the result of political compromise. Hence research on human rights must include diverse perspectives and methods. Accordingly, the researchers attached to the Centre represent a wide range of disciplines: jurists, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists.
The analysis of the Danish legislation and its implementation in relation to international human rights standards, and human rights in developing countries are two main areas of research. The Centre’s current research projects are: ‘Human rights impact assessment in development aid’, ‘The judicial handling of technological development’, ‘The history of human rights’, ‘Protection of family life. A comparison between France and the Scandinavian countries’, ‘Human rights and economics’, ‘Economic inequality, development and human rights’, ‘new asylum countries in Europe’, ‘Support requirements for family reunifications’, ‘Temporary protection of refugees’, ‘Comparative Nordic study on temporary residence for refugees’ and ‘Citizenship in the Baltic States’.
The Centre’s activities include preparation of human rights education programmes at university level, providing support for the establishment of human rights centres, documentation/information, publication, conference organisation, exhibitions and international cooperation programmes.
The Council works both in Denmark and abroad with all refugee-related issues, and organises courses and seminars for people working with refugees. The Council’s annual report, and details of their publications are available from their website.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES,
ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY
PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde
Tel.: ++45 46 742740
Fax: ++45 46 743061
E-mail: ROBERT@BABEL.RUC.DK
Website: www.ssc.ruc.dk
Director: H. Toft Jensen
Research carried out at the University deals mainly with language rights as human rights; sociolinguistics; and minority rights. The Department of Philosophy and Psychology studies the shaping of ethnic identities and the dynamics of ethnic conflict.
FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
Studiekontoret - JURA
St. Kannikestræde 1,2
DK-1169, Copenhagen K
Tel.: ++45 35 322626
Fax: ++45 35 323520
Website: www.ku.dk/jur
Director: Prof. L.A. Rehof
The Institute is involved in the promotion of international human rights law, and offers the following courses: European Court of Human Rights; International Protection of Refugees, including: human rights with special emphasis on the European Convention, civil and political rights, right to life, privacy, equality, freedom of movement, thought, conscience, religion, opinion and expression, economic, social and cultural rights, right to work and union rights, education, cultural life, protection of special groups, rights of the child, women, refugees and minorities.
The Institute publishes The Nordic Journal of International Law, 2–3 times per year.
INSTITUT FOR GRÆNSEREGIONSFORSKNING
Persillegade 6, DK-6200 Åbenrå
Tel.: ++45 74 625550
Fax: ++45 74 625169
E-mail: ifg@ifg.dk
Website: www.ifg.dk
Director: Henrik Becker-Christensen
The Danish Institute of Border Region Studies is an independent institution, established in 1976 and located less than 25 km from the Danish-German frontier. The board of directors consists of two representatives of the County Council of Sønderjylland, one representative of the Ministry of Research and two representatives of the Danish Research Council for Social Sciences.
The Institute’s 13 researchers provide cross disciplinary expertise covering a broad range within the social sciences and humanities: history, languages, regional and national economics, geography, sociology. Research topics include: the history of the national minorities; bilingualism; cross-border trading and consumer behaviour; education and the labour market; cross-border commuting; social conditions; cross-border regional co-operation; the evaluation of employment development programmes. In recent years the Institute has done research on the national minorities in the Danish-German border area and the minority policies of the two countries.
The Institute publishes an annual report which is available on their website, along with a complete list of other publications. It also publishes PLUK, its regular newsletter.
INTERNATIONAL
REHABILITATION COUNCIL FOR TORTURE VICTIMS –IRCT
IRCT is a foundation specialising in the physical and psychological rehabilitation of torture victims and in research, working closely with Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Human Rights – RCT. The objective of the foundation is to promote the provision of specialised treatment and rehabilitation services for victims of torture and to contribute to the prevention of torture worldwide. It is in contact with many organisations working in the field of human rights and particularly with Amnesty International. The foundation operates a large documentation centre.
The Foundation seeks to establish international funding for rehabilitation and prevention programmes and to promote education and training for relevant professions, in the medical, social, legal, and ethnic aspects of torture.
IRCT publishes a directory, Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (1997), which gives information on centres and programmes for victims of torture worldwide. IRCT also publishes an annual report and a quarterly journal, Torture - Quarterly Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, both available in English.
The Danish National Institute of Social Research was founded in 1958 as an independent research institution under the Ministry of Social Affairs. It was set up with the objective of conducting applied social research and has developed extensive competence in the following areas: Social policy; Working life and the labour market; The welfare state and living conditions (including immigrants and refugees); Social scientific methodology.
The Institute publishes a quarterly newsletter, Social Forskning.
The Institute recently published Ethnic Minorities in Denmark, which presents the main findings of available research on the integration of immigrant communities from Third World countries into Danish society.